Introducing: addisonandemery.blogspot.com

With the birth of our new little girl, we have moved to:

www.addisonandemery.blogspot.com
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Introducing

...a new life.

Emery Adrien Murray

June 8, 2010

9:15 p.m.

8lbs 9ozs

21 inches

Welcomed with love.

www.addisonandemery.blogspot.com

Where In The World Is Baby Murray?

Quick update...no baby yet but at the doctor's yesterday I was almost 4 centimeters dilated which was nice to hear. I am scheduled for an induction on Friday as I couldn't get on the schedule any sooner but once again my doctor's think it won't be long. Of course, I've been hearing that for two weeks! At best, the baby will come on its own sooner or they may be able to squeeze me in unexpectedly if someone else doesn't need an induction one day earlier this week. At the very least, we know we are heading to the hospital on Friday and will have the baby by this weekend. Finally!

Coo Coo's

Otherwise known as cookies. What do you do when you are very pregnant, slightly miserable and staring down a weekend with your active 20 month old? Why make cookies of course.

You didn't know I was so messy, right?

Oh wait, that may have been my helper.

Mixing her oatmeal right before she started 'mixing' great big spoonfuls right off the counter and onto the floor while I thought, 'oh well'.

Once the real mixing began Addison decided she needed a little taste test of our work so far. Click through on this and you can see the giant hunk of dough she took that I missed due to my preoccupation with picture taking. Little sneak.

Pop, right into the mouth. Ha, ha, Mama!

Another small sample.

Bliss.

And happiness.

And a little clean-up crew to help Mama with the oatmeal flinging.

The end result.

Sampling her wares before heading out for a bike ride with Daddy.

Certainly a lot more juggling than making cookies in the past but also much, much sweeter.

Lawn Maintenance

One of Addison's new chores...watering the trees that Daddy had put in a few weeks ago.

She takes this job very seriously as you can see. (doesn't the tree look huge compared to her?)

Her 'all business' face. Please ignore the two ponies that take away from it.

After the trees get some attention, Addison moves on to watering some spots on the lawn as determined by Daddy.

Give it another year or so and I'm sure he'll have her on the John Deere as well.

Ruffle Buns

A couple of videos of Addison and Daddy at the pool today. Unfortunately I didn't get the one of her going underwater which was really cute but isn't that how that always goes?!

Love those little ruffle buns.

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

A quick update...still waiting for Baby Murray's arrival. I did not have any plans to update the blog until she was here but I suppose that could change as I see another weekend at home in front of me and that usually results in things to blog about. I have been enjoying my time with Scott and Addison but it is hard to be patient when I am ready to be done with being pregnant.

I am back to the doctor on Monday (41 weeks!) and we will schedule an induction at that time if the baby still has not arrived. They will let you go to 42 weeks if you want to (and you pass a couple of tests) but at this point I don't see myself choosing to do that.

Looking forward to updating everyone, hopefully sooner rather than later!

Memorial Day Parade - Jericho

Apparently Scott has been letting Addison 'drive' his car in the morning before dropping her off at daycare. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the house today and saw this action in my driver's seat.


Once we got Addison safely buckled in her own seat, we headed off to Jericho for another parade. This one was much different than the one on Saturday as it was much, much smaller and also had a family member marching.


Addison sharing her cookies with Aunt Sandy.

My uncle (holding the blue VT flag).

Addison loving this whole parade = lollipop deal.

One of the biggest differences (other than the length of parade) between this one and the one on Saturday? Candy volume! Addison was hauling it in as evidenced by the candy filled seat next to her.

Wait until she figures out that a baby is actually supposed to go in that extra spot, not her lollipop stash.

Purple People Eater

Addison got another new pair of shoes this weekend. What can I say? She takes after her mother and since I can only wear one pair of shoes (ratty black flip flops) at this point, I am living vicariously through my girl and I have no shame in admitting it. I love me some metallic sandals. And so does Bugs based on this picture.


How could I deny this face? And those little capri hot pants.

My sweet little purple girl.

Addison and I actually had our first cookie making session together this morning and it was everything I thought it would be...messy, entertaining and a little chaotic. At one point I was measuring out something for her to pour and when I looked up she unknowingly had a ring of chocolate evidence around her little mouth. Busted!

Memorial Day Parade - Essex

Today Bugs, Scott and I went to our old stomping grounds to see the Memorial Day parade. I forgot exactly how big this parade is and also how long (almost two hours!).

Addison loved the parade. She was a flag waving, imaginary drum banging, saluting (yes, Scott taught her to salute, much to the delight of the man next to us) fool.

She also found her first lollipop to be much to her liking.

Some of the drummers that Addison liked in particular.

It was a wonderful parade and even though I was not anticipating being there as I was hoping to be having a baby, it was a fun way to spend the morning!

Baby Murray's...Room

Nope. Still no baby. Trust me, I'll be the first to let you know when something changes. In the meantime, I thought I would share some pics of Baby Murray's room. As some are aware, we moved Addison into a new big girl room and wanted to keep the fun bright green that was in her old room. I decided to go with purple and green and I am relatively happy with the end result although we clearly need a lot more wall decoration! See for yourself.

Some fun blocks a friend gave to us.

Our new rocking corner...we'll need to add some books at some point.

Now all we really need is the baby to enjoy this lovely green and purple coziness. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

Maple Wind Farm

Yesterday Addison, Daddy and I went to Maple Wind Farm (www.maplewindfarm.com) in Huntington, VT (40 minutes from our house) for their open house day. I read about it in the local kids paper and figured it would be a good chance for Bugs to get out and visit with the new spring lambs, calves and chickens.

Addison & Mama in one of the fields waiting for our hayride.Daddy & Addison on the wagon.

This little ride turned out to be quite interesting as it was horse drawn by two big beautiful draft horses. However, as the driver noted, horses don't have an emergency brake and it was a bumpy, jerky ride that I am certain some of us were wondering how we ended up on. I honestly was thinking perhaps that would jump start my labor at one point.

In the end it was worth it as we ended up in places like this, the free range chicken area (it's a free range/open type farm so everything is running wild in the fields grouped by animal type).

Much to Addison's delight, they even let us inside the electric fence to be right with the chickens. This is Addison's game face as she determines which chickens to stalk.

On the hunt.

It was a truly beautiful day and since we were up in the hills, the wind kept us relatively cool as it was rather warm out. We saw horses, cows, calves, dogs, baby chickens, lambs, sheep and all sorts of other cool farm stuff. Bugs was in heaven.

How do we know for sure that the little lady enjoyed her day on the farm? When we spontaneously hear a little singsongy 'e-i-e-i-o' over and over again from the back seat on the way home. Addison's tribute to farm life.

Twenty Months

Dear Bugs,

Could you look any sweeter? A strange cross between prepster and tennis prodigy and all things sweet and serene. These pictures are from the morning of your picture day at school and you looked so cute. You were especially enamored with your new sneakers. They had real laces!

So let's see, twenty months. Right. What an interesting time it has been over the last two months. You get smarter and funnier every day, communicating in ways that I sometimes take for granted. I have lost track of all your words and phrases and often have to ask you to repeat yourself while I struggle to keep up with your growing vocabulary. You are a little director, everything is 'Mama, here! Daddy, sit! Mama, come!'. I suppose it is a little bossy but mainly it is very cute and certainly makes Mama and Daddy feel wanted.

You have fully entered toddlerhood and keep exploring and testing those wonderful toddler boundaries much more. It can be challenging for all of us! I tell myself that this is just part of you learning and growing but sometimes it is tough to watch your frustration and not be able to find a quick solution (other than to always let you have your way which is not a good solution). You are a hit at daycare talking all the time about your little friends and great teachers but still shy at first around anyone new. This can be a little awkward (especially with family) but if they let you have your space it doesn't take long for you to come around.

Having said all that, you are still the most fun, funny, sweet and lovable little lady and it is incredible to watch you grow and really develop the ability to express your own thoughts and personality. You have mastered the art of hiding (well, maybe that's being a little generous but you certainly love it) and you also now love running around naked right before bath. It is so funny to see you go streaking by the bathroom door laughing your little head off as you run and hide in one of the bedrooms. I smile just thinking about it! You are fixated on all things to do with water, being outside and most recently, the computer. You are a little YouTube junkie(marching bands, elephants, tigers, airplanes and most recently skydiving...thanks, Daddy!). In the morning you like to tell me all about your 'dreams' while I get you dressed which mainly involves imitating elephants, lions, monkeys, dogs, bunnies and whatever other animals cross your mind. I doubt very much you know what a dream even is but you love answering the question when I ask!

I cannot believe this is the last letter I will write to you before you become a big sister. Change is coming so quickly and I know it will mean big things for you but I also know that you will be a great big sister. In the meantime, know that you are so special to Mama and Daddy that I am not sure we will ever have the words to describe it but you are our sunshine and we love you more than ever.

xoxo,

Mama

Funny Face

Addison has recently become fascinated with our digital camera as she realizes she can see pictures of herself and others pretty much instantly. On Wednesday morning she saw the camera on our kitchen table and kept asking over and over to look at it. Scott was happy to oblige.

Addison's version of 'cheese'...the over exaggerated smile.

Daddy & Addison (so sweet even with her crazy hair)

We may regret this but we also proceeded to teach her the concept of making a 'funny face' at the camera which she took to readily. (you should see some of the outtakes)

Another nice shot.

And she just can't help herself...the funny faces are just so much more well, fun.

Right after we finished this impromptu photo session, we agreed that it was good we taught her the 'funny face' concept the day after school pictures. That could have been interesting timing on our part otherwise.